Long story but as im sick of 10 grand jobs every 6 months on my G2 listed property and my utter hatred of gardening ive been contemplating moving back to a two bed apartment with the dogs. While looking in a very very bleak and short of choice housing market i came across these brand new lodges built on a golf course/leisure complex out in the sticks which would most certainly suit my lifestyle as its become. Not being a huge snob i have no issue living in a park home, however it appears that the only way i can live there 365 days of the year is either owning and living in another home (not do-able) or registering myself at an alternative address (do-able). My question is does anyone have any experience of this and what potential problems would it throw up if i were to say register myself at my mum and dads address (but not live there). I am not in any trouble financially or with credit agencies etc...for the record. TIA
I imagine the operators of these park homes have set it up this way for their own reasons. Do you think they will have grounds to evict you if you contravene their rules? They will certainly know that you are there all year long.
They don’t have issues with 365 day occupancy as long as it’s either not your only home or registered somewhere else. I don’t think there’s anything sinister about it tbh. I’m out though as it seems park homes don’t qualify for a mortgage (which I would likely need a small one for) and the maintenance fees are fucking ridiculous lol. Look out Wales, here we come (I think).
Well I guess its a moot point, but I'm always very leery of situations when contracts stipulate certain clauses/ conditions, but someone else tells me verbally that it doesn't matter. It probably would never be an issue, but if something untoward happened, there's no prizes for guessing who would suddenly find that they were in contravention of their lease agreement... Where in Wales d'ya fancy? Lots of sheep in them thar hills boyo!
I agree it was an "easy option" really. We love Harlech, goat beach, golf, mountains and decent bike roads. Just a long way from my ageing parents
If I may.....I've stayed in a few Go and book a long winter weekend in one, maybe via Hoseasons and see if you handle the cold - they are not the best insulated. Also the walls are 3mm thick (that's a guess) inside and not much thicker on the outside - privacy may become an issue.
I realise if can be annoying when people give unsolicited advice by answering a question you didn’t ask, but what about getting a decent sized motorhome and living the #vanlife? Die to planning legislation, campsites are supposed to only let you stay for 14 days at a time but from what I understand, many take a relaxed view of that issue. But even if they won’t let you stay longer, you can just rotate between 3 or 4 in the same area. Plus, of course, you can take your house elsewhere in search of a change of scenery or sunnier climes in the winter, which you can’t do with a park home. I have a bohemian aunty and uncle in their 70s who spend about 9 months of the year on the road and they love it. For various reasons I’m also strongly considering doing this, at least for a while, in the next couple of years.
Thats a good shout actually and not one ive previously considered. I think the only issue id probably have is cleaning out chemical loos for the rest of my living days lol. (Same as a canal boat which i have considered.)
Almost all sites above the quality of a farmer's field have toilet and shower blocks. Most people tend to just use the on board cassette toilet for #1s and use the site facilities for #2s. Hardcore full time van lifers who wild camp (ie: in car parks and lay bys etc rather than using sites) often use garage/motorway/pub toilets to avoid the unpleasantness, or they just man up and get used to it. When I go away in my SoW, I tend to alternate a couple of nights on a site then a couple of nights wild camping. There are loads of van life blogs and vlogs, some of which are rose tinted specs jobs, but others are warts and all, offering realistic advice and are very useful. This account* gives a decent mix of the idealistic soft focus lens flared sunset photos and "here's me emptying the bog in a force 9 gale" stuff, plus a load of useful advice and hacks. She's just got back from touring Ireland and Iceland, which looked amazing and her daily instagram updates gave me very itchy feet: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6tX_LLjrrOy9tk6OwVsfQ I had a narrowboat for a trial period last year and didn't take to it. The life looks really idyllic and romantic in places like Camden and Little Venice, but when you get further out, the bank side communities are more like floating shanty towns with some dodgy characters inhabiting them. Plus, having to move on every 14 days is a massive ball ache, you might end up moored miles away from shops, transport, decent 4G signal, water and elsan (chemical toilet disposal) stations and I wouldn't want to risk leaving the dog on a boat on his own in case he got kidnapped. Locks were also a PITA, and if you're on your own and/or if it is raining, pretty dangerous too as you end up running backwards and forwards to operate the sluices and gates, then clambering up and down slimy weed covered ladders and around the roof of the boat pitching this way and that, trying to do 5 things at once with all sorts of tripping hazards such as rails, ropes, poles etc to contend with. If you fall over the side when you're in a lock that is filling or emptying, you stand a very good chance of being crushed between the boat and the walls, followed by drowning. * I forgot to warn you that she's quite "zany" and has a slightly annoying lisp, but she does have a spaniel and an encyclopaedic knowledge of rules & regs (both UK and Johnny Foreigner), hacks and tips....
Lots of sites have seasonal pitches so you wouldn’t have to move on that regularly if you didn’t want to. I have a cassette toilet on my river boat and I’ve never found the emptying part too bad…. I get the wife to do it.
for those two months you could live in a brothel and snort cocaine off their eh. umm. you know. maybe waist some of that cash you have saved by living in a lodge too
Under the Mobile Homes Act 1983 you can live 365 days in your Static Caravan providing the site has a permanent residential licence.
